2014: Started 40 games and appeared in a total
of 41 for the Retrievers as a sophomore, making 39 starts at the
hot corner… Finished second on the team in batting with a
.303 average… Slugged .373 with one home run and seven
doubles during the year… Hit .333 with seven RBI and seven
runs scored in 15 games at Alumni Field… Registered a .301
batting average in 23 road games… Hit .340 (10-for-36)
against right-handed pitching… Batted .327 against
non-conference teams… Recorded 11 multi-hit games on the
year, including a four-hit game against local rival Towson on May
6… Went 4-for-6 with an RBI and two runs scored as the
Retrievers defeated the Tigers on the road for the first time since
2003… Launched his first career home run at America East
rival Maine on May 16… Recorded a seven-game hit streak
during the season, batting .375 (9-for-24) during the
stretch… Hit .327 against non-conference pitching…
Successfully stole six bases in eight attempts during the season as
UMBC stole 62 bags as a team, the second-highest total in school
history… Laid down four sacrifice bunts during the
season… Named to the America East Honor Roll.

2013: Played in 45 games, making 39 starts in
his first season at UMBC… Collected his first career hit
with a lead-off single against Delaware on March 5… Earned a
bases loaded walk later in the game to record his first RBI…
Collected his first career multi-hit game on Apr. 17 by going
2-for-4 as UMBC defeated George Mason… Also went 2-for-4
against George Washington on Apr. 24 and on May 18 at Maine, both
wins for the Retrievers… Scored three runs in the win over
the Black Bears on the final day of the season… Recognized
on the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Background: Named to the America East Honor
Roll while sitting out the 2012 season... Transferred from
Marshall University where he was a Dean's List student... Played
high school ball for Sal Copola at Amity Regional... Helped lead
the Spartans to back-to-back league titles... Named an All-American
and a member of the All-Northeast First Team by Perfect
Game in 2010... Rated as the No. 1 third baseman in
Connecticut by Max Preps... Named one of the players to
watch in New England by New England Baseball Journal.

Personal: Son of Michael and Roseann
Esposito... Has one brother, Jason, who plays in the Baltimore
Orioles' farm system... Majoring in health administration and
policy... Born Dec. 29, 1992.